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**23InetrySypekek** · 03-03-2010, 05:11 PM

Unless you are planning to go to a nice restaurant, you can save a ton of money from the food side of your budget. Breakfast can be stuff like onigiri and a drink from convenience stores. Many family restaurants have cheap lunches. Cheap meals can also be bento bought at just about any grocery store, frequently also a microwave on site to heat it up for you.

This way you can save your money for souvenirs and actually doing things or going places and not burn it on food.

If you are comfortable with Japanese maps (their addresses can be very confusing) and you are in a specific city for sometime, think about renting a bicycle and exploring that way (some hotel even provide bikes for free to lodgers). You can see lots of interesting small neighborhoods that you may not otherwise see since they are between train or bus stations. Kyoto is an excellent example of a city that can be explored by bike really easily, see lots of stuff, and save massive amounts of money on subway and bus rides from one place to another.

03-03-2010, 05:11 PM	#5
23InetrySypekek Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 516 Senior Member	Unless you are planning to go to a nice restaurant, you can save a ton of money from the food side of your budget. Breakfast can be stuff like onigiri and a drink from convenience stores. Many family restaurants have cheap lunches. Cheap meals can also be bento bought at just about any grocery store, frequently also a microwave on site to heat it up for you. This way you can save your money for souvenirs and actually doing things or going places and not burn it on food. If you are comfortable with Japanese maps (their addresses can be very confusing) and you are in a specific city for sometime, think about renting a bicycle and exploring that way (some hotel even provide bikes for free to lodgers). You can see lots of interesting small neighborhoods that you may not otherwise see since they are between train or bus stations. Kyoto is an excellent example of a city that can be explored by bike really easily, see lots of stuff, and save massive amounts of money on subway and bus rides from one place to another.
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